In April, Serve Robotics launched a delivery service in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. | Source: Serve Robotics
Serve Robotics Inc., a developer of sidewalk delivery robots, today announced the acquisition of Vayu Robotics, Inc.. This company utilizes large-scale AI models to deploy robots in urban areas. Serve said the acquisition will bolster its physical AI abilities.
The companies will combine Serve’s autonomy stack and real‑world sidewalk dataset with Vayu’s expertise in AI foundation models and its scalable simulation-powered data engine. Serve said it’s now positioned to train more capable models through the fusion of real and simulated data. This could unlock safer, faster, and more generalizable navigation while accelerating entry into new geographies and use cases, Serve claimed.
“This step marks a significant milestone in Serve’s roadmap toward wide-scale deployment of autonomous robots on sidewalks across the nation, aligning with industry predictions of rapid robot adoption,” said Dr. Ali Kashani, CEO and co-founder of Serve Robotics. “Autonomy is critical to our long-term goal of bringing delivery costs down to $1, and these new capabilities will help us move faster.”
Spun off from Uber in 2021, Serve Robotics said it has completed tens of thousands of deliveries for enterprise partners such as Uber Eats and 7-Eleven. The company said that it has scalable multi-year contracts, including an agreement to deploy up to 2,000 delivery robots on the Uber Eats platform across multiple U.S. markets.
Vayu technology to bolster safety, reliability, and speed for Vayu
“We are thrilled to join the Serve team and apply our AI foundation model technology, talent and expertise to accelerating the development of their autonomous delivery platform,” said Anand Gopalan, CEO of Vayu Robotics. “Serve is differentiated by unmatched operational depth, a proven ability to deploy robots at scale, and a relentless focus on driving down cost per delivery through autonomy. Combined with a strong balance sheet and a bold, clear-eyed vision, Serve is uniquely positioned to lead the future of last-mile logistics. We’re proud and excited to be building that future together.”
In addition to the acquisition, Silicon Valley technologist and Vayu’s lead investor Vinod Khosla will join Serve’s Advisory Board to support its mission of bringing robots to cities across the world.